AI doomsayer charlatans (such as Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nick Bostrom, Elon Musk and their various minions and shills) have been spreading Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt about the AGI field for over 7 years, and it is time to reveal what they …

The combination of simulation argument and existential AI risk nonsense can be aptly described as new age creationism.

Claiming that AGI technology will destroy "humanity" with 20-30% probability was a rather comical maneuver by the arch-creationist Bostrom. I understand that …

]]>http://examachine.net/blog/simulation-argument-and-existential-ai-risk/feed/7452Time Crystals and Digital Physicshttp://examachine.net/blog/time-crystals-and-digital-physics/
http://examachine.net/blog/time-crystals-and-digital-physics/#respondWed, 01 Feb 2017 02:30:52 +0000http://examachine.net/blog/?p=313Recently, experiments have been conducted that verify the existence of a state of matter that is called a discrete time crystal. This type of material has a perfect repetition across time, which means that it acts like a Perpetuum Mobile …]]>http://examachine.net/blog/time-crystals-and-digital-physics/feed/0313A suggestion to our Davos eliteshttp://examachine.net/blog/a-suggestion-to-our-davos-elites/
http://examachine.net/blog/a-suggestion-to-our-davos-elites/#respondWed, 18 Jan 2017 18:00:50 +0000http://examachine.net/blog/?p=304My personal work is replacing data scientists with human-level AI. Imagine what we can do if we can replace statisticians. It was us, scientists, who made those very developments in AI, and robotics that you elites so abstractly talked about …]]>http://examachine.net/blog/a-suggestion-to-our-davos-elites/feed/0304Simulation Argument Does Not Contain a Scientific Hypothesishttp://examachine.net/blog/simulation-argument-does-not-contain-a-scientific-hypothesis/
http://examachine.net/blog/simulation-argument-does-not-contain-a-scientific-hypothesis/#commentsMon, 26 Dec 2016 20:30:22 +0000http://examachine.net/blog/?p=263Not anymore than the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster, or a toothy fairy, or a djinn contains one.

Just because you can imagine that you live in a giant video game, does not mean that is a scientifically credible thought.

If …

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http://examachine.net/blog/thus-spoke-cyberthustra/#respondWed, 07 Dec 2016 07:18:18 +0000http://examachine.net/blog/?p=216http://examachine.net/blog/thus-spoke-cyberthustra/feed/0216The Shadow of Behaviorismhttp://examachine.net/blog/the-shadow-of-behaviorism/
http://examachine.net/blog/the-shadow-of-behaviorism/#respondSun, 10 May 2015 22:20:46 +0000http://examachine.net/blog/?p=176Behaviorism cast a long and wide shadow back in the day, and some of its influence …]]>http://examachine.net/blog/the-shadow-of-behaviorism/feed/0176My letter to Future of Life Institutehttp://examachine.net/blog/my-letter-to-future-of-life-institute/
http://examachine.net/blog/my-letter-to-future-of-life-institute/#respondFri, 24 Apr 2015 07:02:45 +0000http://examachine.net/blog/?p=168Dear Viktoriya,

While the mission statement of your organization seemed fair at the time, I believe that the AI expertise level of your board is not sufficiently high, and your board of "scientific advisors" have little to do with actual …